West Pensacola, FL is a small city located near the western edge of the state. Politically, West Pensacola is quite diverse. The town has a variety of views on issues like taxes, education, and public safety that are represented in the local election cycle. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to choose their local representatives for positions ranging from mayor to city council members. Local candidates often work hard to discuss their policy goals and visions for the city in order to gain support from voters. Candidates typically come from different political backgrounds but ultimately all agree on one thing: they want what’s best for the citizens of West Pensacola.
The political climate in West Pensacola, FL is leaning liberal.
Escambia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Escambia County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Escambia county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.5%.
Escambia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Pensacola, FL is leaning liberal.
Escambia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Florida is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
West Pensacola, Florida: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in West Pensacola, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,481 contributions totaling $152,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,271 contributions totaling $507,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $399 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)